Main Stage Performers

August 1979 – 1st 1982 – 4th

Art Thieme And Lending a Hand Betsy Lucas Bluewater Bill White and Paul Gifford Boston Blackie Dakota Dave Hull and Sean Blackburn Dave and Kay Gordon Mike Seeger Gale Lajoye Steven Sleight and John Warstler Hamlin Garland Terry Lee Hale and Becca Sarow Iowa Rose ‘n’ Riffraff The Bosom Buddies Jack Bowers The Fiction Brothers John Evans The Gogebic Range Tamburitzans Lost World String Band The Limestone String Band Mary Corbin The Lost World String Band Ray Kamalay The Marquette Folk Dancers Stoney Lonesome The Clearwater Cloggers The Hot Mud Family 1980 – 2nd

Joel Mabus 1983 – 5th Port City Bluegrass Robin and Linda Williams Roustabout String Band Boston Blackie Sally Rogers Daithi Sproule and Patty Bronson Terry Lee Hale and Becca Sarrow Hamlin Garland The Bob Lucas Band Helmer Toyras The Bosom Buddies Jack Bowers The Costa Bella Cloggers Jan Fowler and the Silver String The Fiction Brothers Serenaders The Gogebic Range Tambouritzans Jan Marra The Lost World String Band Jim Stedman – “J.T.” Walking on Air John Evans Leftwich and Higgenbotham Mark Mitchell 1981 – 3rd Mary Corbin Mike Felton “Sparky Rucker” Scott Alarik Close to the Floor The Armstrong Brothers Footloose The Clearwater Cloggers Hamlin Garland The Hotfoot Quintet John Evans The Lost World String Band Kitty Donohoe Thimbleberry Mary Corbin Roxanne and Dan Keding The Boreal String Band The Costa Bella Cloggers The Lost World String Band The New Moon Swing Band The New Prairie Ramblers Thimbleberry Third Generation

1984 – 6th

Baboo 1987 – 9th Bear Creek Bill Hart Anne Hills Claudia Schmidt Clay Riness Cousin Abby Dr. Goodhart’s Home Remedy Double Decker String Band Holly Kriegel Footloose Ira Bernstein Jack Bowers Larry Sparks & the Lonesome Ramblers Josh White Jr. Loose Caboose Leftwich, Higgenbotham and Ritchie Lou and Peter Berryman Mark Mitchell Peter Ostroushko Mary Corbin Symphony Bay Mike Felton The Balkan Rhythm Band Sabia The Feltliners Society Dance Band The Heartbeats Stone Soup The Keltones The Clearwater Cloggers The Laketown Buskers Tompkins County Horseflies

1985 – 7th 1988 – 10th

Clyde Leitermann Dave Berry and Friends Costa Bella Cloggers David and Tiyi Burce-Schippers Jerry Mills and Dan Flesher Del Ray and the Blues Gators John Evans Joel Mabus Lotus Dickey John Evans Northern Light Raiders of the Lost Barn O.K. Bayou Rhythm In Shoes Oulu Hotshots Rick Good and Sharon Leahy Sally Rogers and Howard Bursen Sally Rogers and Claudia Schmidt The Dave Berry Band The Bone Tones The Frank Wakefield Band The Boreal String Band The Lost World String Band The Feltliners The Red Clay Ramblers The Lost World String Band Tompkins County Horseflies The Red Clay Ramblers Whitewater 1986 – 8th Wisconsin River Bluegrass Boy Bob Bovee and Gail Heil Frank Youngman and Dave Ross 1989 – 11th Iowa Rose Candice Anderson Jethro Burns Dick Siegel Jim and Ray Jack Bowers & Toni Heikkinen Mark Mitchell Kitty Donohoe Mike Stadler and Marguerite Millard Lady of the Lake Rory Block Laketown Buskers The Chicken Chokers Mike Penglase & Dan Flesher The Feltliners Niomi y Daniel The Keltones Rhythm In Shoes The Maxwell St. Klezmer Band Roy Book Binder The Shuffle Creek Dancers Skip Jones The Swamp Cats The Feltliners The Unculled Four Trapezoid Tom Peas Volo Bogtrotters 1993 – 15th 1990 – 12th Andre Marchand & Grey Larson Bob Brozman Art Moilanen & Joanne Palonen Buzzard Rock String Band Dave Moore Harmonious Wail Eddie LeJeune & the Morse Playboys Jean Ritchie Fast Eddie Trio Michael Camp Lizette Chevalier Pet Survey Mustard’s Retreat Rhythm In Shoes Peaceful Women Tanya Jurvelin Rhythm In Shoes The Bone Tones Robert Lucas The Cobb Brothers The Hellbenders The Feltliners Traditional Grass The Keltones Wild Thyme Country 1994 – 16th 1991 – 13th Conga se Menne Howard Armstrong w/Rich& Maureen Dave Van Ronk Del Grosso Dead Beat Society Ira Bernstein Mad Cat Ruth and Kane Jan Fowler and the Silver String Midlife Isis Serenaders Oren Tikkanen & Thimbleberry HiLites Joel Mabus Rarely Herd Kitty Donohoe Robin & Linda Williams Liz Carroll and Marty Fahey Spider John Koerner Liz Masterson and Sean Blackburn The Bone Tones The Bud Gartman Quartet The Cantrells The Cobb Brothers The Ill-Mo Boys The Lost World String Band The Pashami Dancers The storytellers The Wild Goose Chase Cloggers The Thimbleberry Band The Volo Bogtrotters 1995 – 17th

1992 – 14th Clear Fork Allen Street String Band David Menefee Bandulu Reggae Band Gogebic Range Tamburitzans Basin Brothers Gospel Warriers Catfish Keith Harmonious Wail Corinne Rockow Jack Williams Helmer Toyras & Friends Mary Flower Marley’s Ghost Rhythm In Shoes Pat Donohue Seamus Eagan & Eileen Ivers Pop Wagner The New Ballard Branch Bogtrotters Stoney Lonesome Third Coast The Feltliners The Michael Camp Band The Stump Jumpers

1996 – 18th Balfa Toujours Cathy Fink and Marcy Marxer 2000 – 22nd Joel Mabus Lightnin’ Wells Buffalo Gals Matchbox Connie Kaldor Neomi y Daniel Frieght Hoppers Peter and Lou Berryman Les Ross Sr. Rhythm In Shoes Malkum and Chris Skip Gorman Mike Waite The Hix New Five Cents The Laurel Canyon Ramblers Norman Blake Pat Donohue Rhonda Vincent and the Rage 1997 – 19th Rhythm In Shoes Scruj MacDukh Bill Staines Ira Bernstein Jive at Five 2001 – 23rd Mongo Zid Peaceful Women Barachois Pierre Schryer Corndrinkers Rarely Herd Hot Club of Cowtown Red Mules Third Generation Bluegrass The Bone Tones Jeremy Kittle and Jesse Mason Tom Ball and Kenny Sultan Peter Keane Whitewater New Riverside Ramblers Steppin’ In It 1998 – 20th Tom Ball & Kenny Sultan Boreal Stringband Rachael Davis & Brett Hartenbach Claudia Schmidt Stacey Earle with Mark Stuart Erik Koskinen Laurel Canyon Ramblers Peter Ostroushko and Dean McGraw Rhythm In Shoes 2002 – 24th Robin and Linda Williams Sally Rodgers Cathy Fink and Marcy Marxer Spider John Koerner Greg Boerner The Feltliners Jim Stedman The Frontline LaFeufollet Volo Bogtrotters Man Alive! Myllarit 1999 - 21 Rani Arbo and Daisy Nayham Rhythm In Shoes Catfish Keith Tangerine Trousers Eddie from Ohio The Keltones Ecuador Manta True Blue Fat City String Band Foreign Born Irish Jive at Five Kate MacKenzie Lake Effect Mayor and James Raisin Pickers Wyrd Sisters

2003 – 25th 2007 – 29th

Frostbitten Grass Cheryl Wheeler Hot Club of Cowtown Dean Magraw & John Williams Joel Mabus Ellis Paul Kevin Burke Hayseed Lou and Peter Berryman Kenny & Amanda Smith Steve Riley & the Mamou Playboys The Carolina Chocolate Drops Susan Werner The Milroys The Duhks The New Riverside Ramblers The Mammals The Wiyos Uncle Earl Yid Vicious

2004 – 26th 2008 – 30th

Barm MacNeils Connie Kaldor Eddie from Ohio Guy Davis Jali Markebe Kovyar Joel Mabus Jeremy Kittel Les Ross Sr. Karen Savoca Reshuffled Creek Dancers Mollie O’Brien & Jive and 5 Santa Cruz River Band Rachael Davis Seth Bernard & Daisy May Rhythm Billies Steppin’ In It Roy Book Binder The Dixie Hummingbirds Virginia Crossties The Duhks Zydecology

2005 – 27th

Big Garlic Ramblers 2009 – 31st Blue Moon Rising Bohola Café’ Accordion Dave Bett Feufollett In Process Josh White, Jr. Jim Stedman Lucy Kaplansky Jonathon Edwards Mamadou Diabate Maura O’Connell Pat Donahoe Rhythm In Shoes Rhythm In Shoes Seth Bernard & Daisy May Tangled Roots The Wilders The Derrell Syria Project The Stair Well Sisters

2006 – 28th 2010 – 32nd Bayou Grenoville Cephas & Wiggins Big Medicine Dale Ann Bradley Bryan Bowers Garnet Rogers Charlie Parr Jalya Ensemble Claudia Schmidt Mammals De Temps Anton Pat Madden & Sally Potter Dixie Bee Liners Royal Garden Trio Fishtank Ensemble Solazo Green Grass Cloggers w/Elder Bullies Wild Goose Chase Cloggers Hot Club of Cowtown Robin and Linda Williams 2011 – 33rd Run Boy Run The String Doctors Beachley and Scott Band Susan Werner Big Ron Huter & Ironing Board Sam Teada Canyon Creek Cloggers Ventucky Ebony Hillbillies Woodland Sky Native Dancers Harmonious Wail Jerry Mills 2015 – 37th John McCutcheon Bonsoir Catin Le Vent Du Nord The Duhk’s Top Drawer String Band w/Joel Mabus Extra Crispy Brass Band Trees (Lindsay Tomasic Jessie Fitzpatrick) The High 48’s Good and Young Band Michael Waite 2012 – 34th Northern Kentucky Brotherhood Singers Papa John Kolstad Cedric Watson & Bijou Creole Polyphony Marimba Dan Crary and Thunderation Richard Scofano Jim and Ray Josh Davis and His Band Lumber Jakki 2016 – 38th Pat Donahue & The Praire Allstars Pert Near Sandstone Guy Davis Ray Bonneville The Jeremy Kittel Trio Ruth Moody Jonathan Byrd & the Pick Up Cowboys Wild Goose Chase Cloggers Les Poules a Colin The Claire Lynch Band Red Tail Ring 2013 – 35th The Henrie Brothers Stolen Sweets Atje Duvekot The Dead Pigeons Bonsoir, Catin Cimmarron ( cancelled due to illness) Charlie Parr Dean MaGraw & Peter Ostroushko Costabella Cloggers Craver, Hicks, Watson, Newberry Ironweek Bluegrass Band 2017 – 39th John Gorka Kaivama The Cactus Blossoms Royal Garden Trio Pert Near Sandstone Solas Jayme Stone’s Folklife The Door Cats Sones De Mexico Ensemble The Barley Jacks Dan Newton & the Café Accordion 2014 – 36th Orchestra John Gillette & Sarah Mittelfehldt Harp, Hart & Bones The Bucking Mules Jonathan Byrd The Sweet Water Warblers The Good Lovelies All Strings Considered ( Fri Dance)